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NASASanta Ana Winds Fuel California Wildfires (10/14/2008)

Powerful Santa Ana winds stoked several major wildfires in Southern California on Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, when instruments on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image. As of October 14, the blazes had scorched nearly 12,000 acres, destroyed dozens of homes and forced the evacuation of neighborhoods in suburban Los Angeles and northern San Diego County, according to fire officials. Firefighters had little to no containment of any of the fires early Tuesday, and reported winds blowing at 50 mph in parts of the affected area. Wind gusts of up to 80 mph are possible in higher elevations later in the day. Image credit: NASA's MODIS Rapid Response Team Text credit: Laura Motel, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center


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Mediatype: image
Creator: NASA
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/fires/main/usa/califires_20081014.html
Date: 10/14/2008
Year: 2008
Rights: Public Domain
What: Aqua
Where: California
Where: Los Angeles
Where: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Identifier: 282920main_California.A2008287.2120.250m_full
Addeddate: 2009-08-20 00:28:04
Publicdate: 2009-08-20 00:45:27
Keywords: Santa Ana Winds Fuel California Wildfires; What -- Aqua; Where -- California; Where -- Los Angeles; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

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